Railway-track rail.



PATENTED NOV. 6, 1906.

G. J. ROUSE. RAILWAY TRACK RAIL. APPLIOATION FILED JULY?, ipoe.

GEORGE J. Ronse; `or GAYS, ILLINoIs.

RAILWAY-TRACK BAIL.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. e, i906.

i Application filed `[lilly 7, 1906. Serial No. 325,184.

i `To `ar/ZZ whom it, may concern;

' Be it known that I, GEORGE J. Rouen, a

` citizen of the United States of America,jre

siding at Gays, inthe county of Moultrie and State of Illinois, haveinvented new and useful Improvements in Railway-Track Rails, of

` which the followin is a specification.

`My invention re ates to improvements in the constructionofrailway-tracks, and particularly to improvements inthe construction ofrails therefor.

l :Themainobject of theinvention isthe production of arail structurewhereby the rails i of a track will be securely held and more rmlysupported to sustain the same against both vertical and lateral strains,so as to effectually prevent the rails from spreading or becomingdisplaced or depressed at the joints,

j thus effectually .obviating the objections to tracks and rails ofordinary construction.

A further obj ect ofthe invention is to profvidemeans whereby the rails,while made of convenient length for assemblage and transportation, aredesigned to be connected in such a manner as'to form a practicallycontinuous track which obviates the use of ish- `plates and other likejoint connections to old them lconnected and support them `against thestrains to which they are subjected under the weight of therolling-stock. In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is i a sideelevation ofa section of a continuous iss j sectiononthe line 3 3 ofFig. 1.

Csimilarview on the line 4 4 of Fig. 1.

track-rail embodying my invention. Fig. 2

`is a longitudinal section through adjoining railsof the track. Fig. 3isa vertical cross- Fig. 4 vis a Fig. 5

i is a detail view, showing the construction of facoperating pair ofclamps.

j In carrying my invention into practice in the production of acontinuous track-rail I rovide rails consisting of sections 1 and 2.

" lhe section 1 constitutes a tread-section conforming Ingenera'lappearance and construc- 1 i ing a head 3, a web 4, and a supportingasej `5. In accordance with my invention the web tion with acommercialrail, to wit, com ris- `4 is bifurcated or formed with alongitudinal channel, groove, or mortise extending continuously throughthe section 1, while the base 5 is composed of two outwardly andopipositely extending flanges 7 and 8, forminga Ollow base, the outeredges of the flanges being downturned, as shown at 9, to rest upon theties or sleepers 10. I Each inner or reinforcing rail-section 2 comrises a base 11, having an upwardly exten ing or vertical longitudinalweb or tongue 12. The. rail-sections are coeXtensive in length with eachother and with an ordinary commercial rail, and the base 11 is of propersize and form to occupy the hollow base 5, while the Web 2 is adapted tocorrespondin ly fit within the channel or mortise 6. j

n the operation of assembling the rails to form a track the sections 2are first laid upon Y..

the ties in longitudinal alinement in the ordinary manner and thetread-sections 1 engaged therewith and fastened in the mannerhereinafter described. The inner or reinforcingr sections 2 are disposedso as to break joint with the sections 1, or7 in other words, so

that each section 2 will extend from a point midway of one of thetread-rails acrossthe joint between it'and an adjacent rail and to apoint midwayr of the length of the latternamed rail, this constructionbeing carried out throughout the length of the-track. Hence therail-sections 2 will cross the joints between the tread-sections l, and,as the two sets of rail-sections are arranged in abutting relation, apractically continuous track-rail will be provided in which the innerrail-sections will be so dis osed as to prevent both depression and siewise movement of the abutting ends of the tread-rails and operate tostay and hold the tread-rails from movement in any direction under theweight of the rolling-stock and pressure of the wheels thereof. Thefianges of the base of the sections 1 fit over the bases 11 of thesections 2,

and the base portions of both sets of rail-sections rest upon the tiesand are preferably made wider than the base of an ordinary rail tosecure greater stability to resist turning over of the rails frompressure of the ianges of the wheels. The endsof the sections 1 may besecured to the underlyin the portions 9 of the flanges ,7 and 8 beingpreferably notched to receivethe Shanks of the spikes in the customarymanner. These spikes will be sufficient to retain said rail-sections inplace without the use of fish-plates, bolts, and other similar fastenins, as the joints ofthe tread-sections are rein orced and held frommovement by the inner rail-sections. The sections 1 and 2 are heldinassembled relation at suitable intervals, preferably between the ties,by clamps 14 and 15, each comprising a base 16 to extend undertheportions 9 and outer edges of the flanges ties by ordinary spikes 13,

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of the base 11, and a jaw 17 to hook over the flange 7 or 8, as the casemay be. Each clamp` is further 'provided with a depending lug 18, thelug of the clamp 14 being formed with a rectangular opening and the lugof the clamp 15 with a round opening to respectively receive the squaredand threaded portions of the shank of a connecting tie-bolt 19, providedwith a securing-nut 20. This bolt holds the pair of clam s assembled andin en-V proved rail with the commercial rail through the use of theordinary oint-fastening.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is 1. Atrack-rail comprising outer rail-sections of commercial form, eachhaving a hollow base and a longitudinal groove through the web thereof,and inner rail-sections, each provided with a base to iit within thebase of the outer rail-section and a web to occupy the 'groove in theweb of said outer section, the

form havin a head, a hollow base composed of outward y-eXtending flangesand a ifur- 4o cated web forrnin a longitudinal groove communicating witthe hollow base, and inner or reinforcing rail-sections, each comprisinga base adapted to lit in the hollow base of the tread-sectlons and a webto iit the groove 45 or channel of the bifurcated web, the innerrail-sections being arranged to break joint with the tread-sections.

3. In a track structure, the combination of ties, a track-railcomprising interfitting outer 5o or tread and inner or reinforcingsections arranged to break joint, said sections having base portions,one receiving the other, clampin devices engaging said base portions andholding the rail sections connected, and 5 5 means for fastening' theouter rail-sections to the ties.

In testimony whereof I afHX my signature in presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE J. ROUSE.

